Florida state police officers have been interrogating elderly black voters in their homes as part of an odd "investigation" that has thrown a chill over efforts to get out the black vote in November

Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL), President Bush’s nominee to head the CIA, has a plan to authorize CIA agents to conduct law-enforcement operations inside the United States, including arresting American citizens.

The Federal Communications Commission voted 5-0 to prohibit businesses from offering broadband or Internet phone service unless they provide Uncle Sam with backdoors for wiretapping access

This is just a partial day's worth of news items. Do you remember a time when even one item like this would have created an uproar? What is happening to this country?